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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22
New York's Obscure Mi,lionaires.

New York Letter to Cincinnati Enquirer
New York rich men are very often
obscure. The persons whose names you
sec in the newspapers often turn out to
be of dubious credit, but the million
aires who never get into print are the
men to be afraid of. Here is one
Christopher Meyer, who is said to
have money enough to buy the Baltimore
IL Ohio railroad and advance the cash.
Probably no newspaper reader ever
heard of him until yesterday. 1t is
found out that he is German who got
into the rubber trade in its infancy and
kept along with it until it made him a
great fortune. In the same way the
Poppenhausen family had their start.
The first P0ppenhauSen was German
who was a porter or something in
ferior in whalebone house. At that
time whalebOnes were made for many
of the purposes of India rub
Der. such aS umbrella rods. Now and
then there would be sort of job lot of
whalebones III the store which the
porter would buy at bargain. In
course of time POppenhauSen became
the head of the rubber business, and
had enormous works at College Point,
on Long Island, some ten miles from
New York. Getting into controversy
with Long Island railroad
he concluded to exercise his
wealth by buying the railroad. 1t very
soon turned out to be an elephant and
crushed him and all his fortune, and as
sisted at the same time to break up the
fortunes of the Havemeyer family. Now
we find that Christopher Meyer is an
other undiscovered rich man who can
buy the Baltimore IL Ohio railroad and
think it not any great property to carry
Off
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22

For erection of Brick Engine House in
West st. Paul.
Sealed proposals will be received at
this Office until Monday, May %, 1887,
6O'clOck D. M, for the erection and
completion of brick engine house on lots
owned by the City of st. Paul at the
corner of Clinton and DelOs streets, ac-
cording to the plans and specifications
to be seen at the Office of II. E. Hand,
architect, room 1902, Drake block. Each
bid must be accompanied by bond on
the part of the bidder, with two good
and sufficient Sureties, in sum amount
ing to at least twenty-five (25) per centum
of the contract price of the material
proposed to be furnished and of the
work proposed to be done in said bid,
and conditioned that in case said bid is
accepted by the Board of Fire Commits
siOners, the bidder will enter into con-
tract with said Board to furnish all
material and perform all work in ac-
cordance with the requirements of the
plans and specifications and for the
price stated in his said bid
The Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Bids should be sealed and directed to
Reuben Warner, President Board Fire
Commissioners, Central Fire Hall, and
Endorsed Proposals for erection of en-
CINE house." BY order of the Board,
REUBEN WARNER, President.
Official:
VIM. O'GoRMAN, Secretary. 1918
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22
PIN MONEY POINTERS.
Cheap Curtain Materials---How to
Inl

Cheap Curtain NATURALIZATION to
Make a Room Look Lovely.
Cheap curtain materials seem almost
endless in variety this spring, and cur
tains add so much to the appearance of
a home that it should be the aim of every
housekeeper to possess them. In flats
they are almost necessities to hide the
ugly shaft windows in the bedrooms,
and to keep out the gaze of intrusive
neighborS without excluding light or
air.
Imitation white lace curtains, when
SpotlesSly clean, are desirable for all
rooms except parlOrS, but it is so difficult
to keep them them in snowy perfection
in dusty city, and there are so many
cOlOred patterns in the imitation Madras
and Mexican gauzes offered in the shops
that it is wiseSt to leave the former
alone. The gauzes retail for Is cents
yard upward, and come in floral,
Greek and other patterns in all the new
tintS. Some show mingling of terra
Gotta and olive green on buff ground,
both very desirable for dining or sit
ting-room. For bedrooms are shown
pink and blue flowers on a cream
ground, pale green and white, gray and
blue and other pretty combinations.
For an ordinary-sized window one
width of curtain will be sufficient and
will look even more graceful than a
double fold. About two and half or
three yards will drape window, and
the cost is tritling.
Scrim in cream, ecru and white is
shown in a number of new designs and
some of the prettiest sell as low as and
cents yard. 1t will wash nicely with
little care and has fresh, clean look
that other materials lack.
Unless ribbon of good quality can be
used for looping it is better to take the
curtain material for the purpose, cutting
it in long strips and sewing together in
double band. The money saved from
the ribbon is better invested in little
brass or wooden rods and rings Oh which
to hang the curtains. The former is
more durable, and as it comes in slender
poles, more appropriate for light cur
tains. A rod a half-inch in diameter
may be purchased for s or 10 cents a
foot, the rings for few cents a dozen,
and the brackets to support it at either
side for 10 cents each.
Portiere materials in wool goods are
remarkably cheap at this season, but I'M
less one can pack them from the moth
during the summer it is wiSest not to
purchase them.
Curtains, and in fact all hangings, ac-
cumulate dust so quickly that they should
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perfection, and as Helen, in scenes
from The Hunchback,, looked like a
charming old portrait III rose-pink and
opi,oiiue couture. 1t is, of course, not
Miss Dauvray's fault that she lacks the
stature requisite to appear well in a
ureSS OF Charles |. She wears several
OF these i'll the course of the play, in
Guiding one of pale blue satin, AN
otnef OF pink brOcade, and a third of
yellow and mauve in soft tintS. The
hunting costume donned by ''Con-
stance is of the traditional red and
green, set off by gold braid, with the
nat ana boots OF mouse color, and the
.Weadlng-dresS is of white brocade, heav-
liS iahcrusted with pearl embroidery and
nan covered with point lace. As court
esying and dancing play an import
d mnn IN this character, Miss
/ DauVray's petticOats are seen
/ 70 Re of the most elaborate description,
NY she is, of course, daintily shOd. The
. Is,IffSSeS worn by Lillian Russell in "A
Tip TO Africa" enhance her beauty,
when was materially increased with
iHeB loss OF avoirdupois. In a
( 'inf! MODERN WALKING COSTUME
OF sea green plush, combined with the
same material i'll heil0trope, and wear
ing small bonnet of pink crush rose,
the fair prima donna looks almost as be-
p Witchlng as in the Oriental dresses tina
! FOLLOW. Nature has cminently qualified
heT as an odalisque, and in bags" of
/ pale blue cashmere, embroidered in
moral designs, and with short
/ Petticoat OF the : same mate
rial and a tightly-fitting Grim
son silk bodice. with vest of black and
gold, she looks like one of the peri in a
Mohammedan'S paradise. With this
garb she wears a small ieweled turban,
ccGuet!Shly set on her fair head.
me scenes OF the stage, at least in our
pest theaters, are valuable lessons in
tnls period Of growing taste in beau
tifylng and decorating the home,
there are new lines of goods for
thiS purpose continually being intro
duceu. Curtains, pOrtiereS and other
aftcieS which are designed to render Il
rome charming are TO be seen in many
new designs ut various prices, beginning
Wlth those i'll which most purses can
indulge, and ending with those which
can be bought only by the wealthy. Car.
pets and rugs, with their bright eol0rs,
make any room look beautiful, and
never was there finer exhibit of hand
some table covers. Curtain materials
are cheap, and the Madras patterns have
plenty of-Style at very low cost. In
fact, the demand for upholstery ma
terials and kindred articles has so
greatly increased that. the large retail
houses have opened q special depart
ment for this class of goods.
10 return to the actresses and the the
alters, AM reminded OF tWo girls whom
L passed on the Bowery g few days ago.
Iney were on their way to the matinee,
and attracted a great deal Of attention.
Their rakishness OF attire and their air
OF self-reliance are just about as / have
them deiineated.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22
A Haggard Sort OF Love-Making.

And then, for the first time, where her
love was concerned, she put out all her
strength. She knew, and had always
known, that she could master him. and
force him to regard her as she regarded
him, did she but choose. How she knew
it she could not say, but SO it was. And
now she yielded to an over:na stering
impulse and chose. She said nothing,
she did not even move; she only looked
at him. why were you in such fright
about me?" he stammered. She did not
answer, but kept her eyes upon his face,
and it seemed to John that power flowed
from them; for, as she looked, he felt
the change come. Everything mclted
away before the almost spiritual inten-
sity of her gaze. Bessie, Nonor, his ell
gagement-all were forgotten; the
smOuldering cmbers broke into flame,
and he knew that he loved this woman
as he had never loved any living crea-
tufe befOre-that he loved her even as
She loved him. Strong man as he WAS,
he shook like leaf before her. Jess"
he said, hoarsely. God forgive me, |
love YOU" and lie bent forward to kiss
her.-EXtraCt from Haggard'S ''JeSSG."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22
THE GUM SEASON.
The Dealers in Spruce Get Ready
tho Annual Supply.

the Annual supply.
Here in the Down East the girls
are chewing fresh spruce gum. The
season h just opened, writes Maine
correspondent of the Chicago Times.
Now, fresh spruce gum is not to be
sneezed at. In fact it is said to be Il
very good preventive OF sneeZing, hay
fevers and Influenza.
The natural gum, physicians say, is
OF great benefit to the teeth. 1t cleans
them moro thoroughly than any brush
can, and leaves them white and sweet.
This is the pure, natural gum, and not
the adulterated stuff sold in most OF the
shops.
There are men who make a business
of gathering spruce gum in the spring,
and it pays them well.
Most of the gum comes from Canada
and Northem Maine.
The gum starts oct late i'll the sum-
mer, but the winter and early spring is
the time to gather it, because it is then
hard and easily handled The first year
after the gum has been run out OF the
crOtcheS and knot holes it is white and
pitchy; then it turns amber, then red,
and then it is tit to pick" for market.
After it has turned red, the gum re-
mains so for two or three years. Then
it turns darker and harder-the girls say
it ''chcwS hard ''-and crumbles. Then
it becomes black and bitter and its value
is gone.
Picking gum" in Northern Maine" is
generally done i'll winter and on snow
shoes. The picker can then move
lively over the underbrush which, but
for the deep snow, would impede his
progress. He has long pole with Il
sharp chiSel fastened to the end, and
there is cup underpeath for the gum
to drop into. Sometimes picker who
strikes it rich" will make $50 a day. 1t
is the cleaning which gives most Of the
value to the gum. however.
There are several firms in Maine that
buy large quantities of crude gum from
the lumberaen and refine it. The
refining" consists of adulteration with
resin.
The gum, dirt, bark, moss and ali is
thrown into big watts and boiled until it
is the consistency OF molaSses. The i'm
purities rise to the top and are SKINNED
off. Then lard or grease, resin and a
little sugar are added, the mixture
cooled and cut into little cakes. Tons
Of these little cakes are sold in the West
and South, but near home very little is
disposed Of.
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FEMININE UNDERWEAR.
The --latest Garments Approved by
Fashion Across the Water.

Nine. June SN aebe has just returned
from Paris with every kind of novelty
in the way of dress that the most fas-
tidious bride could desire, says the
Court Journal. Many of the converts
here and abroad are working hard to
keep the firm supplied, and the results
are perfect chefs d RuvreS in underlinen,
all hand made, of the very best materi-
ais, with exquisite lace, and arranged in
the very latest fashion.
The chemiSeS are made with very
short sleeves, the neckS variouSly trim
med, some square, some round, with
work and lace insertions, through which
narrow colOred ribbons are run, and Suf-
ficiently Ornamented to serve for dress
bodies almost. The drawers are made
to match, and very large in the leg.
Nalenciennese is the leading lace en-
ployed, but there is also a new guipure,
in which the finest tatting unites the
embroidery. Quite the newest idea is
alternate squares OF lace and work, an
inch square. The skill of French fingers
is shown by the clever way in which the
trimmings Oh the chemises display the
neck off to the greatest advantage.
The nightgownS are no longer simple
garments, but pretty and becoming.
One of soft pink silk, for example, made
with a Vatican plat at the back, had q
tucked woke, trimmed with lace, thick
lace frill down the front and round the
neck. lace ruffieS at the wrist. Some of
these Partisan nightgOwns have quite
shallow yokes, composed entirely Of lace
insertion, the sleeves to the elbow of
stripes of the same, and from elbow to
wrist silk tuckS alternate with inSer-
ton: the lower part on many sleeves
are all tucks, while others again have
rows of insertion going around the arm.
In the white nightgowns much fine
Veining work is introduced, all made by
hand. The old-fashioned frillS worn on
our grandfathers' shirts are now adapted
to nightgowns. which are tribute to
the skill of modern needlewOmen.
The new dress petticOatS are made
short-a marked improvement, for, elab-
Orately trimmed as they are, the trains
can hardly be worn many times. They
are made often with three-inch wide
lace insertion in horizontal rows, and a
new kind of lace called point de Paris is
employed. Like all the laces used in
lingerie, it is of yellow cream tint, not
tecru; it has wire ground, with large,
bold flowers. A good deal of imitation
and real Mechlin is also used on these
petticoats. The trimmings on back and
front are mostly different; the lace and
insertion are placed horizontally in the
ole and perpendicularly in the other,
but frequently divided by narrow tucks.
Feather stitching heads most of these
tuclis, and the edge of the skirt is COM
posed of row upon row OF lace. Wide
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22
CONTRACT WORK,
Paving Wacouta Street;

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works, !
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 10, 1887. !
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the City of st. Paul, Min
nesota, at their office in said city until
IL m. on the Goth day of May, A. ID. 1887
for paving Wacouta street, from the
Union Depot grounds to Ninth 9th
street, in said city,with cedar blocks and
curb with granite, together with the
necessary sewer connections, according
to plans and specifications on file in the
Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in a sum of at least twenty (20) per cent.
of the gross amount bid must accom-
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
r. l.. GoRMAN, President.
Official: w. f. ERWIN,
136-l46 Clerk Board of Public Works.
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Mrs. Cieveland's First Sweetheart.


Apr0pOS Of Mrs. Cleveland's love af-
fairs, there is pretty little story not
generally known, that her first love was
a newspaper man. She is said to have
been deeply interested in him, but the
engagement, which existed for a long
time, was finally broken off and never
renewed. 1t is said that even now Mrs.
Cleveland has weakness for the pro-
feSsion, and, in fact, it is generally ac-
cepted that she takes great deal of III
terest in newspaper men and their work.
She regards with special favor the lady
correspondents attached to the bureaus
OF the various papers in Washington,
and in more than one instance she has
made point of conversing with them.
Upon one occasion she went SO far Us to
gently chide one OF the young ladies for
not speaking to her on the street. At
one time she did some literary work
herself. Perhaps it is this keen interest
which Mrs. Cleveland naturally
feels in 50 h0nored and honorable pre-
fession, and knowledge that she once
loved one of them, that antedatCs all
other grievances il the presidents
breast against them, ard added Il double
force to the bitterness with which he
spoke of their ''ghouliSh glee" at that
memorable Harvard dinner.
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176O0 cubic yards earth excavation.
400 50 rock -
81 manholeS.
5 flushing tanks.
- sos inletS to extend to curb.
% lamp holes.
Street Grading.
$4,000 cubic wards rock excavation.
$1,000 - earth s.
$500 g borrow
54100 square yards Telford paving.
10000 lineal feet stone curbing
$4,000 plank sidewalk.
116 stone croSSWalkS.
5000 square yards stone cutters.
1000 lineal feet "A inch pipe.
CulvertS.
1850 cubic yards rubble masonry in
place.
4 cubic yards brown stone in place.
125000 sewer brick g IS
5000 feet b. NJ. lumber d" {"
200 square yards paving GO I"
5000 cubic yards earth excavation.
according to plans and specifications 6n
file i'll the Office of said board.
A bond with at least two (2) SuretieS in
sum of at least twelve and One-half
(121s) per cent. of the gross amount bid
must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Official: GUY WELLS, President.
F. B. EDWARDS, Clerk Board of Pub
lie Works. 1914
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22

CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, May ID, 1887.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the City of st. Paul,
Minnesota, at their office in said city,
until II m. on the Goth day of May, A.
ID. 1887, for constructing a sewer on
Sherburne avenue, from Grant street to
Rice street; on Park avenue, from Viola
street to Wabasha street; on Brewster
avenue, from Viola street to University
avenue; on University avenue, from
Brewster avenue to Wabasha street: on
Grant street, from Sherburne avenue to
Como avenue; on Viola street, from
Grant street to Brewster avenue and
from Park avenue to Rice street, in said
city, according to plans and specifica-
lions on file in the Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in sum of at least twenty (20) per cent.
of the gross amount bid must accom-
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
r. L. GoRMAN, President.
Official: w. f. ERWIN,
136-146 Clerk Board of Public Works.
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IdSIFHINg OF
feathers and

over winch the toupee IS placed. The
toupee is so arranged that, al
though allowing only small, soft
fringe falling on the forehead yet it
forms cCronet towards the top of the
head, on which the feathers,
veil and ornaments rest securely.
In the second example, known as the
unique couture, the object is to ar
range the hair gracefully on the top of
the head without increasing the normal
size of the head; also for dispensing
with any weight usually derived from
the additional coils, and for dressing the
hair momentarily without the slightest
trouble; in fact, the placing of the
unique toupee" Oh the head is all that
is required. The toupee. as will be
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22

amt royal tiger very SenSlbly ac-
counted for by scientific man
who has made the woman a profound
study. He says the tragedienne's
natural disposition is indicated as clear
as print by the curve of her back, the
excessive hollow at the waist-line and
the narrowneSS of the supple hips. She
carries herself with all the art of the
stage training but no Bengal tigreSS
ever stepped with more SinuouS grace
that this phenomenal creature. Her
though she Travelled in cage and
the peculiar sweep Of the jaw,
where it joins the ear and
the shape of the mouth, sug
geSt to the close student of natural his
tory an ardent power that is more curl
Gus than pleasing These are only a
few physical points of resemblance, but
the brilliant Sarah'S history furnishes
many moral ones whichaare strikingly
borne out as the years go on. 1t matters
little to art that she can never be judged
by any ordinary standard of cOnyen-
tionality. She is woman, she is a
mother, and yet one of these days who
knows but our PROSPERITY will be fire.
Quenting dime museum to c-tch Il
glimpse of a new species of tigre;s, the
star of the show? A liSSOme beast it is ::
slick of coat, with small, flat head, from
which shine two sp1endidly cruel and
amOrouS eyes-and this vii. heb Sarah
Returned to that native state from
which she emerged or evolved in the
nineteenth century and became great
actress and an embodied caprice. A
study at the opera, at night, is the belle
who poses i'll dainty boldnesS at the very
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Mourning Rules for Dogs.

Boston Courier
II shall call and see you tomorrow,
JESSIE"
"Thanks. shall be delighted to have
you come, Ella"
'.And l shall bring Fido with me-"
''Oh! please do not"
s'No? Why not?"
Grover is not receiving at present.
He is in mourning for brother who was
run over by a South Boston car. Poor
little fellow 1t wringS my heart to
have him going around with Grape
bow around his neck"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22
WOMAN.

Most tiattered and least trusted of the race,
Dropt from n whim and followed for face,
Loved for their follies, their devotion
Scorncd.
In presence Sighted and in absence mourned,
Their hearts, their characters, by men abused;
Who never think their help should be re-
fused;
Seated by kings and trampled in the mire,
The best and worst they equally inspire.
Cursed for their weakness, hated when
they're strong;
Whatever happens always in the wrong.
Tact is their genius. And yet one thing
more.
Woman is lost when woman proves bore.
ID 4 4. IN Icnnla Bar.
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1 axe me Ill your
arms and kiss me as
brideg room kisse S
bride "a proposition
which, on being res
pended to, elected a
long-drawn-out ig II
and an All, there!."
from tie populace.
There is Sarah Bern
hardt. What sort of a
stage model is she? AS
every human being
bears some outward
and. characteristic re-
Sembiance to an ami
mai, it did not astonish
me the other night to
hear the analogy be-
tween Sarah Itornllardt
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22

natural wavy hair meeting give the
raised effect on the top and conceal the
ends of the natural growth. Although
the entire couture is produced by adj
justing the toupee, no weight or incon-
venience is felt by the wearer, as the
toupee is extremely light, and requires
no redresSing whatever for long time.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22

flushing tanks.
10 manholeS.
lamp holes.
166 inletS to be laid to curb.
21OO cubic yards earth excavation.
1000 s. IS rock
Street Grading.
d dl9lOo cubic yards earth excavation.
SfIUO rock :.
1920 s. borrow.
1850 gravel and rolling,
100000 it B M lumber for cutters,
lis wooden cross walks.
800 lineal feet "a inch vitrified pine,
$50 cubic yards rubble in place.
1850 square yards Telford paving.
1920 lineal feet stone curbing.
20 stone cross walks.
233 lineal feet wooden bridge.
CulvertS.
1000 cubic yards rubble in place.
10000 sewer brick.
200 square yards stone paving.
10 cubic yards brown stone.
1000 cubic yards earth excavation.
200 rock -
According to plans and specifications
on file in the office of said Board.
a bond with at least two (2) sureties
III sum of at least twelve and one-half
Q212) per cent. of the gross amount bid
must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
GUY WELLS, President.
O1hclal: +. b. EDWARDS,
139-144 Clerk Board of Public Works.